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Benin’s Court of Economic Crimes and Terrorism Repression (CRIET) pressed Tuesday 15 years in prison sentence against a Dutch man for possession and sale of “high risk” drug, reports say. The court also fined the man whose identity has not been revealed XOF10 million ($16,000). Per the verdict, the man has 15 days to appeal […]
A Court in Tunisia ordered the arrest of police officer found in possession of 396 tablets of ecstasy, on his way to capital Tunis from Kasserine governorate, Tunisie Numerique reports. The court of First Instance of the governorate also ordered the arrest of another individual and instructed the release of three other people initially apprehended […]
Spanish authorities have seized lately 322 kg of cocaine at Algeciras Port (Cadiz). The cocaine, worth several million US dollars, was concealed in a container coming from Brazil and heading to Oran, Algeria. The new seizure confirms international intelligence reports saying that Algeria has become a gateway for South American drug cartels seeking access to […]
Police at the Marrakesh-Menara International Airport arrested on Sunday a Brazilian couple aged 26 and 29, for trying to smuggle in 1 kg and 260 g of cocaine inside their stomach. The extracted hard drug was packed inside 100 capsules, swallowed by the Brazlian couple. The suspects were apprehended upon arrival aboard a flight from […]
The Tangier judicial police arrested, on Saturday, a Colombian national for alleged links with an international drug trafficking network operating via air routes. The Colombian, 41, was arrested, on the basis of accurate information provided by the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), while he was hiding in a house in the medina of Tangier, […]
Over one ton of cannabis resin were seized in Martil, in northern Morocco, on Friday, September 2, and three suspects were arrested for their alleged involvement in the case. The suspects, arrested by the judicial police of Tetouan, are aged between 24 and 43, and all have criminal records, the General Directorate of National Security […]
An international drug trafficking operation has been foiled by the Casablanca judicial police Sunday evening and 3 tons and 168 kilograms of Chira have been seized. The intervention was carried out in close coordination with the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). During a security operation conducted in the suburbs of Casablanca, an individual involved […]
Customs in Bab Sebta, Northern Morooco, on Saturday foiled a drug trafficking attempt of 117 kg of cannabis resin locally known as ‘chira’. A source from the customs revealed that the banned substance was carefully hidden in the form of plates inside a Spain-registered car. The Spanish national who was driving the car attempted to […]
Elements of the prefectural service of the judicial police of Casablanca have foiled Friday, on the basis of accurate information provided by the services of the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), a drug trafficking attempt. The police seized 2 tons of chira on board a truck transporting goods and arrested the truck driver and […]
The struggle for power between top brass is intensifying in Algeria, while the local population is suffering from a severe shortage of food, bread, cocking oil, milk, medicine… Divisions inside the military establishment are deepening, threatening to destabilize further the regime which is rocked by a series of corruption and drugs trafficking scandals involving powerful […]